Reposted by Sophie TreasonDarling
what a fantastic all-timer thread on this phenomena and the psychology behind it
I think about this all the time and not understanding this is the difference between successful liminal horror, and just horrorslop. liminal horror is about the baked-in hostility of public spaces we millenials saw die
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to be honest, i only personally care about plotholes when they appear in writing i already have a bunch of other problems with. if i like something enough, i'll give it a pass/invent an explanation in my head. i can't find the exact quote, but roger ebert said something about this. to paraphrase: "the movie's problem wasn't [such and such inconsistency], its problem was that i was bored enough to be thinking about that."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fn7gmsrozrf54vvm2ivgkqbb/bafkreihomgzh4yxrpgptqvhcdku3m2co63m7kdtlvh6vun4t4k7xcawrg4)
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The specific name of Funny valentine was described as "an arbitrary combination of letters" by its authors.[1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreifldhi5jfzrv6akgvo5qlzjexd7wfd3gtzo7ay5ktmhjdlvw43nye)
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